Top 10 Punk Tracks that inspired the Concrete Altar EP by San Francisco’s URBAN SPRAWL (Revelation Records)

Hailing from San Francisco, California, URBAN SPRAWL is not just a band but rather a product of their environment. San Francisco is a city once known as a bohemian paradise, a safe haven for artists and weirdos, but has given way to a dystopian hell hole. In a city that seems to cater to the rich, the income inequality is painfully obvious and constantly on display. URBAN SPRAWL represents the refusal to be forgotten, priced out, or swept under the rug. Their debut 7-inch, Concrete Altar, is a manifestation of sound that represents this backwards environment—the feelings of helplessness and isolation while existing within the concrete landscape of an ever- changing world where rapid expansion crushes the soul of everyone in its path. URBAN SPRAWL plays hardcore punk that is fast, taut, and...

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